Award-winning author Ellen Feld began writing about horses more than 20 years ago. At first she wrote for small, regional publications, but within a few short years, her work began to appear regularly in large, national magazines. In 2001, while waiting for her next assignment, Ms. Feld wrote a short story about a Morgan. That tale became the first chapter of Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse. The book went on to win a coveted Children s Choices award, an honor bestowed jointly by the International Reading Association and the Children s Book Council. To date, Ms. Feld has authored nine horse books, including seven in the Morgan Horse series. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two children, ten horses, and assorted other pets.

Accomplishments

- Twice winner of national book award 'Children's Choices' co-sponsored by The International Reading Assoc. and The Children's Book Council
- Twice winner of the 'Adding Wisdom' award given by national parenting group Parent to Parent for her dedication to excellence in children's products
- "Rusty" was an 'Adding Wisdom' award winner, plus a Top 100 Products of 2007 - both awards given by Parent To Parent
- "Robin" was an 'Adding Wisdom' award winner, plus a 'Top 20 Products of the Year for 2006 by Parent to Parent
- "Annie:" was a bronze medalist in the 'Moonbeam Children's Book Awards' and a ReadersViews Literary Award Winner
- "Shadow" was a USA Book News Best Books Finalist
- "Rimfire" was selected by Tack 'n Togs Magazine (trade journal for the equine professional) as the best new book for 2010.

Additional Information

The first book in Feld's Morgan Horse series, Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse was selected by Breyer Model Horses to be packaged with one of their model horses, which they painted to look like the star of the book. This is the first time that Breyer had paired a contemporary book with one of their traditional sized model horses. It was a huge honor and Blackjack and I had a blast traveling the East Coast making appearances from Ohio to Maine. Blackjack still makes appearances from time to time wearing his special Breyer blanket.